Wake Forest Athletics
Mansouri to Play for Tunisia in Davis Cup
10/26/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMTennis)
CAIRO, Egypt – Wake Forest men's tennis sophomore Skander Mansouri is one of five players selected to represent Tunisia in Group III of the Davis Cup this week. Competition starts on Oct. 26 and runs through Oct. 31 at Smash Tennis Academy in Cairo.
Tunisia is joined in Pool A by Algeria, Namibia and Ghana. Pool B consists of Benin, Egypt, Mozambique and Libya. This week's competition is a round-robin basis with the winner of Pool A playing the runner up of Pool B while the runner up in Pool A will take on the winner of Pool B to determine which two nations will be promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2016.
Other players representing Tunisia are Malek Jaziri, Anis Ghorbel, Majed Kilani and captain Youssef Miled. This marks Mansouri's first appearance in the Davis Cup.
